Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nemertea > Class Hoplonemertea > Order Monostilifera > Suborder Eumonostilifera > Infraorder Amphiporina > Family Amphiporidae

Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amphiporus (Intestinonemertes)*	Friedrich, 1957	synonym; nom. nud.
*Cosmocephala*	Stimpson, 1857	synonym
*Nareda*	Girard in Stimpson, 1854	synonym
*Omatoplea*	Diesing, 1850	synonym
*Polystemma*	Ehrenberg, 1828	synonym

Children

Amphiporus adriaticus (Ehrenberg, 1828)
Amphiporus allucens Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus angulatus (Müller, 1774)
Amphiporus appendiculatus Friedrich, 1957
Amphiporus arcticus Punnett, 1901
Amphiporus atypicus Friedrich, 1935
Amphiporus bicolor Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus binocellatus Senz, 1993
Amphiporus bioculatus sensu Verrill, 1892
Amphiporus canescens (Leuckart, 1849)
Amphiporus carinelloides Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus cordiceps (Jensen, 1878)
Amphiporus dissimulans Riches, 1893
Amphiporus dubius Hubrecht, 1879
Amphiporus fabricii Levinsen, 1879
Amphiporus flavens Monastero, 1930
Amphiporus giardinae Monastero, 1930
Amphiporus glandulosus Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus groenlandicus Örsted, 1843
Amphiporus grubei (Diesing, 1850)
Amphiporus hastatus McIntosh, 1874
Amphiporus islandicus Friedrich, 1957
Amphiporus julii Giard, 1890
Amphiporus korschelti Friedrich, 1939
Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828)
Amphiporus langiaegeminus Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus marmoratus Hubrecht, 1879
Amphiporus martyi Oxner, 1907
Amphiporus multioculatus (Kölliker, 1845)
Amphiporus murmanicum Ushakov, 1928
Amphiporus nigrostriatus Timofeev, 1911
Amphiporus oligommatus Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus pellucidus (Örsted, 1843)
Amphiporus polyommatus Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus pugnax Hubrecht, 1879
Amphiporus punnetti (Friedrich, 1957)
Amphiporus reticulatus Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus roseus (Müller, 1774)
Amphiporus rufostriatus Bergendal, 1903
Amphiporus septentrionalis Friedrich, 1957
Amphiporus sipunculus Saint-Loup, 1886
Amphiporus superbus (Girard in Stimpson, 1854)
Amphiporus thompsoni Punnett, 1901
Amphiporus validissimus Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus virgatus Bürger, 1895
Amphiporus vitae Monastero, 1930

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: アンフィポールス属

Literature

original description	Ehrenberg, C. G. (1831). Phytozoa Turbellaria africana et asiatica. In: Symbolae physicae (Hemprich F.W. & Ehrenberg C.G., Eds.). Animalia evertebrata exclusis insectis recensuit Dr. CG Ehrenberg. Series prima cum tabularum decade prima. Berolini.
basis of record	Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156
additional source	Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114.
additional source	Gibson, R. (2005). Nemertina DB. Liverpool John Moore University, UK.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
subsequent type designation	ICZN. (1992). Opinion 1675. Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea): Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828 designated as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 49:157.
subsequent type designation	Gibson, R.; Crandall, F. B. (1991). Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nemertea): proposed designation of Planaria lactiflorea Johnston, 1828 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 48: 22–24.

Genbank

Citation

Norenburg, J.; Chernyshev, A.; Kajihara, H.; Maslakova, S. (2025). World Nemertea Database. Amphiporus Ehrenberg, 1831. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:122391